Merchandise Trade, By selected member countries of the European Union(a)(b)

Period

Belgium-
Luxembourg

France

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Sweden

United Kingdom

Total European Union

Exports ($ million)

2005-06

1 042

1 184

1 418

1 559

2 579

422

7 792

18 864

2006-07

1 319

1 364

1 444

1 742

2 976

351

6 146

19 144

2007-08

1 318

1 493

1 448

1 444

2 854

436

8 310

20 407

Imports ($ million)

2005-06

1 483

5 347

8 677

4 186

1 314

2 395

5 968

36 312

2006-07

1 625

3 910

9 274

4 869

1 494

2 287

7 407

39 018

2007-08

1 751

4 989

10 573

4 895

1 555

2 461

8 499

43 226

Excess of Exports(+) or imports(-) ($ million)

2005-06

-441

-4 163

-7 259

-2 627

1 265

-1 973

1 824

-17 448

2006-07

-306

-2 546

-7 830

-3 127

1 482

-1 936

-1 261

-19 874

2007-08

-433

-3 496

-9 125

-3 451

1 299

-2 025

-189

-22 819

Excess of Exports(+) or Imports(-) ($ million)

2005-2006

June

-98

-874

-1 901

-636

418

-572

1 301

-3 121

2006-2007

September

-138

-568

-1 946

-635

362

-429

41

-4 322

December

-82

-580

-2 044

-872

367

-500

-191

-4 706

March

-42

-654

-1 913

-838

355

-498

-153

-4 957

June

-45

-744

-1 928

-783

397

-508

-959

-5 889

2007-2008

September

-11

-765

-2 184

-869

281

-441

-1 161

-6 405

December

-73

-1 093

-2 290

-782

290

-547

1 184

-4 693

March

-236

-741

-2 245

-933

314

-545

450

-5 330

June

-113

-898

-2 406

-867

414

-491

-661

-6 390

(a) The exports and imports data presented in this table differ from those in tables 2.1 to 2.5 because they are recorded by a foreign trade basis rather than a balance of payments basis and are compiled from a different edition of the data.